Word: parkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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About a fifth of the way into his 13th and best mystery novel, Robert B. Parker explicitly acknowledges what he is up to: he seeks to re-create, in contemporary context, the medieval quest. In A Catskill Eagle, his hard-boiled detective, Spenser, vows to rescue a maiden imprisoned in a tower. But the modern world, with its complexities ranging from feminism to the military- industrial complex, has all but nullified the chance for such straightforward valor. The "maiden" is Spenser's estranged girlfriend, Susan Silverman; her supposed captor is Spenser's rival for her love; her disappearance...
Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench. As any child detective can attest, guessing the murderer, the place of death and the fatal weapon makes Clue a humdinger of a whodunit and a longtime Parker Brothers' best-selling board game. Never known to let a best seller get away, Hollywood has just begun filming a movie based on the game. The first clues fans will want, of course, are who plays the familiar players: Lesley Ann Warren (Miss Scarlett), Martin Mull (Colonel Mustard), Madeline Kahn (Mrs. White), Michael McKean (Mr. Green), Christopher Lloyd (Professor Plum) and Eileen Brennan...
...National League, outfielder Dave Parker of the Cincinnati Reds received that league's honors for the second time in three weeks. Parker hit .462 with three home runs...
...short, there is reason to expect that Harvard's gotten stronger. "They're coming together well," says a pleased Parker...
...despite Sudduth's evaluation of his boat's new lineup as a bit less smooth "but probably a little more aggressive" than its predecessor-"Andy's a pretty aggressive stroke," Parker understates the boat has looked good all season, in whatever combination...